Suit-hanger.



No. 647,227. Patented Apr. 10, I900. c. HALEY. SUIT HANGER.

(Application filed Jan. 11, 1900.) (No Model.)

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SUIT-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,227, dated April 10, 1900. Application filed January ll, 1900. gerial No. 1,058. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Irondale, in the county of Jelferson and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suit-Hangers; and I do here by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artlto which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to suit-hangers; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully de scribed and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front view of the suit-hanger. Fig. 2 is a rear view. Fig. 3 is an end view, and Fig. i is a plan view from below.

The frame of the suit-hanger is formed of a single piece of wire having an eye a at one end. An arm 5 projects from the eye a, and b is a curved rail for supporting the coat and vest. The curved rail joins onto the arm I) and extends across the front of the hanger. An arm 0 extends from the end of the rail b at the back of the hanger substantially in line with the arm I). The wire at the inner end of the arm 0 is bent upward and formed into a loop (1, which serves to hang the hanger onto a nail or hook. The other end of the loop at is passed downward through the eye a, and the wire is then twisted into a rectangular panel and the free end of the wire is formed into an eye cl, which engages with the lower side portion of the loop at opposite to the eye a. The rectangular panel has arms f at its upper part which extend alongside the arms I) and c and have loops f at their outer ends, which are looped over the said arms. The bottom rail 9 of the panel is connected to the loop f by end pieces h, which depend from the arms I) and c.

I is a plate provided with loops 1' at its upper part, which engage with the arms f of the panel, and a loop 2" at its lower part, which engages with the bottom rail 9 of the panel.

J is a clamp member formed of a piece of wire bent double and having eyes j formed at its free ends and pivoted on oneof the end pieces h of the panel. The looped free end portion j of the clamp member is curved rearwardly, and k is a link pivoted on the other end piece h of the panel and adapted to engage with the free end portion of the clamp member.

The coat and vest are hung over the curved rail 1) at the front of the hanger. The trousers are inverted and arranged with the legs folded flat against each other. The bottom portions of the trousers are held between the plate I and the clamp member, and the clamp member is secured by the link. The coat and Vest are held in a natural position, and the weight of the trousers stretches them and pulls out the wrinkles and folds in them. The plate prevents the bottoms of the trousers from being creased by the clamp;

What I claim is-- 1. In a suit-hanger, the combination, with a frame formed of a continuous wire having eyes at its end portions and comprising a sus* pension-loop at the middle of its rear part, the lower parts of the said loop being passed through the said eyes, a supporting-rail extending across its front part, arms at the ends of the said rail at the rear of the hanger, and a rectangular panel provided with loops at the tops of its end portions which engage with the said arms; of a clamping device operatively connected with the said panel, substantially as set forth.

2. In a suit-hanger, the combination, with a frame formed of a continuous wire having eyes at its end portions and comprising a suspension-loop at the middle of its rear part, the lower parts of the said loop being passed through the said eyes, a supporting-rail extending across its front part, arms at the ends of the said rail at the rear of the hanger, and a rectangular panel provided with loops at the tops of its end portions which engage with the said arms; of a plate having its upper and lower edges secured to the said wire panel, and a clamping member operatively connected with the said panel and arranged behind the said plate, substantially as set forth.

3. In a suit-hanger, the combination, with a frame formed of a single piece of wire'having eyes at its free ends and comprising a suspension-loop at the middle of its rear part,

the lower parts of the said loop being passed a through the said eyes, a coat-rail extending across its front part, arms at the ends of the said rail at the rear of the hanger, and a rectangular panel provided with loops at the tops of its end portions which engage with the said arms; of a trousers-clamp member pivoted to one of the end portions of the said panel, and a link pivoted to the other end portion of the said panel and engaging with the free end portion of the said clamp meniber, substantially as set forth. 10

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. E. I-IALEY.

Witnesses:

JAMES E. PAISLEY,

R. S. MAGEE. 

